How scientists discovered that unique Scottish rocks record when Earth was first encased in ice.

A special group of molecules, known as peptides, can form more easily under the conditions of space than those found on Earth.

But they can look wildly different on other worlds.

The cycles of life all rely on the dynamism of the Earth’s crust.

Celebrate Earth Day with stories from JSTOR Daily.

Inge Lehmann was the seismologist and mathematician who figured out what the Earth's core was actually made of.

What would happen if the Earth's magnetic poles flipped? Earth’s magnetic poles have a long history of switching from North to South and back again. 

The Kepler telescope discovers a habitable planet.